Voluntary recall: Certain cloth wipes contaminated

Sage Products is voluntarily expanding a recall of certain lots of Comfort Shield Barrier Cream Cloths due to contamination with a bacteria called Burkholderia cepacia. To date, no adverse events have been reported associated with the recalled products, which were distributed to distributors and healthcare facilities in the United States, according to the FDA recall notice. Comfort Shield Barrier Cream Cloths are single-use, disposable cloths used to treat and prevent moisture associated skin irritation caused by urine and/or stool exposure.

This recall affects the following lots of the cloths:

The affected lots were distributed to customers between March 31 – June 8, 2016 and July 18 – July 19, 2016. Sage Products notified its distributors and healthcare facilities by letter, and they were provided instructions to discontinue use and return product to Sage Products.

Pamela Tabar

Pamela Tabar was editor-in-chief of I Advance Senior Care from 2013-2018. She has worked as a writer and editor for healthcare business media since 1998, including as News Editor of Healthcare Informatics. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Kent State University and a master’s degree in English from the University of York, England.